South end medical area planning study, summary report: inventory of existing conditions, survey of proposed development, public improvements and neighborhood concerns.
Contributors: University Hospital.
Published: 1988
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Boston Edison Company; Boston Thermal, Boston (Mass.); Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Proposed.; Historic preservation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Concerns / Issues.; Hospitals -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Planning.; Land use -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End.; Health facilities -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Planning.; Streets -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End.; Traffic and Parking -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Issues.; Trash / Garbage -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End -- Issues.; Public utilities -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End.; Zoning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- South End.
Description: ...the first step in an overall master planning effort for this Boston South End hospital/medical facility area; this report is intended to establish a planning data base and to begin identifying critical planning issues; inventories existing conditions for characteristics such as land use, zoning, ownership, historic resources, utilities (Boston Thermal and Boston Edison), street and building patterns, etc. and surveys and enumerates proposed development projects (Cathedral housing, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston City Hospital, MBTA, Teradyne, DuPont, Boston University Medical Center, Suffolk County House of Correction, Pine Street Inn, University Hospital, Carpenter and Co., Boston Wholesale Flower Market, Immaculate Conception Church, etc.), public improvements and neighborhood concerns (trash, parking, traffic, historic preservation, etc.) in order to gain a more accurate picture of development trends and pressures currently operating in the area; copies of this item were in the BRA collection...